Nutrition for children: Many students could receive free meals

2:07 AM,
Jul. 19, 2014

A cafeteria worker prepares for mealtime at Clara Hall Elementary earlier this year. Monroe City School System is one step away, under new federal guidelines, to be able to provide all students free breakfast and lunch.

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All students in two northeastern Louisiana parishes are one step away from free meals for the next four school years, regardless of income.

In northeastern Louisiana, both Morehouse and Monroe City Schools have completed the application process and expect notification of full approval to move forward with a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program.

"Although we have received no official notification by the state Department of Education that our application has been approved, we have completed the process and we meet the criteria," Morehouse Superintendent George Noflin said. "I ...